THELIGHTOFANDAMANS: Highlights: Audit of Power Transmission and Distribution

Monday, November 10, 2014

Highlights: Audit of Power Transmission and Distribution

Highlights: Audit of Power Transmission and Distribution

Feeder Control Room at Bambooflat ready for commissioning by the end of November 2014.
A 33 KV sea-link line between Surya Chakra Power Plant at Bambooflat and Chatham Power House by December 2014.
Proposes to replace the overhead bare conductors with insulated cables in the Rural areas.
Establish 02 sub-stations in South Andaman.
In Havelock NTPC will install a 3 MW Power Plant in 2015.
In North & Middle Andaman, a 33 KV Double Circuit exclusive transmission line on towers will be established from Kadamtala to Diglipur with sub-stations at 10 locations.
Indoor and Outdoor Circuit Breakers of some power houses will also be replaced.
The total cost to carry out the works proposed in the Long term measure will be approximately Rs. 300.00 Crores for which provision will be kept in the Annual Plan of 2015-16 and 2016-17.
The projects are expected to be completed within next two years.
Electricity Department is meeting out the parameters of the “Standard of Performance” laid down by JERC for repair and restoration of power supply.
The minimum time to restore the power supply in-case of fuse failure laid down by JERC is 04 Hrs. in Urban area and 08 Hrs. in Rural areas.
Power supply availability in all the 19 major inhabited Islands is about 95% on an average in a month which is better than all other parts of India.
The per unit cost of power generation and transmitting it to the consumer end is Rs. 24.70 whereas the average realization from the general public is Rs.4.49 only, one of the highest subsidized rates of power in India.
Lt. Governor has already given direction to all the Govt. Departments to reduce their power consumption by 10%.
Process of establishing a LNG Based Power Plant at South Andaman for providing environmental friendly, clean and low cost power to the general public.
The Administration is also striving hard to establish number of Renewable Energy projects like Solar and Wind Energy Power Plants.

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About The Light of Andamans

The Light of Andamans’ was born out of the zeal and determination to fight against the suffocating Kafkaesque atmosphere on the society that existed even after 30 years of Independence under bureaucratic rule. It was a hangover of the ‘Raj’that extended much too long in the Islands.

The Light of Andamans’ was started in 1975. The paper had always been a crusader, taking up the causes that no other newspaper would touch. In doing so, it very often stepped on the toes of the authorities and had to face persecution in the form of denial of advertisements and numerous court cases against it. For a small stint, the publication came to a halt in 2003.

Gezira Publications Private Limited took over the paper in the year 2005 and transferred the title in a bid to revive the second oldest newsmagazine from extinction and also to carry forward the mission.

The Newsmagazine, under the new management, has undergone a sea change both in form and content. It turned into a full-fledged tabloid with 10 pages with plenty of photographs making both pleasing to the eyes and soothing for the mind. “It has acquired a position where it influences the policies in vital matters concerning the development of the islands, protection of aboriginal tribes and addressing the problems of the disadvantaged groups. The newsmagazine is known and appreciated for its bold, free, fair and balanced reporting.”

Late Govinda Raju and his team worked very hard to rebuild the reputation, goodwill and a healthy new image of the newsmagazine brick by brick. After the demise of Mr Raju in 2010, the magazine is now being edited by Zubair Ahmed and published by Basudev Dass. The newsmagazine continues its mission of highlighting policy issues pertaining to the Islands.